Recent Articles in Festivals
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2010 Releases Initial Lineup
The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2010, which will run from October 19th to the 23rd, has just revealed its initial list of artists playing showcases. Sentimentalist Mag favorites like Salem, DeVotchKa, Surfer Blood and Katzenjammer…
Party in Brooklyn at Don Pedro’s this Sunday August 22, 2010
The headline should probably take care of all the logistics questions but let’s get down to business and discuss the details of this awesome freaking bash. It’s a party to celebrate summer, it’s called endless summer, I’m really bloody tired of parties ending with some promoter going on a mike all sad: “Hey, Ok, so [...]
Bruise Cruise Sets Sail to the Bahamas with The Oh Sees and Black Lips This February
Get your sea legs in gear and don some glam dancing shoes on deck. The first ever Bruise Cruise has announced its maiden voyage with a music festival aboard a cruise ship to set sail from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas on February 25-28, 2011.
Moog Festival 2010 to be Held in Asheville, NC with Massive Attack and Big Boi
Bob Moog started a revolution in 1964 upon introducing the first Moog synthesizer. MoogFest 2010, Oct. 29 – 31st, 2010, celebrates his innovation with the ultimate festival of electronic acts. Current synth pioneers such as Big Boi, Jonsi, and Caribou have just been announced as joining Massive Attack…
Annual FYF Fest to Take Place in Los Angeles September 4, 2010
Brooklyn may have just had the Northside Festival, but Los Angeles is indeed keeping up on their end of the country this September during Labor Day Weekend. What better way to wind down your summer than with celebratory tunes from The Rapture, !!!, The Oh Sees, Best Coast and more? The 2nd annual FYF FEST is happening…
Arcade Fire to Support Haiti by Matching Donations to KANPE
Arcade Fire announced to 45,000 fans that they will match donations made to the newly-founded KANPE during a show played at the Quebec City Summer Festival this week.
Liars: Win Complete CD Catalog and Tickets to See Liars in Brooklyn, Saturday, June 26th
Win a pair of tickets to see Liars return to their former stomping ground this weekend to headline a stellar Northside Festival bill in Brooklyn on Saturday, June 26th. The show is sure to be epic and breezy, since it’s taking place at the MetroPCS stage at a new venue called Newtown Barge Park
Bonnaroo 2010: Neon Indian Video Pays Tribute To Vladimir Arnold
This video is directly from the Bonnaroo 2010 stream, but as soon as I saw it I had to ask if the constructivist t-shirt that Alan Palomo wore (the patterns are decidedly constructivist the words are Lenin, Revolution and some others I could not see, spelled out in Russian) is in an inadvertent head nod to Vladimir Arnold who had just passed away.
Events This Week: Style-Off and All the Other Festivals
On top of the Pop Fest this weekend also brings the Ear and Eye festival, a brand new fashion party called Style Off and a few experimental jive film events.
NYC POPFEST 2010 Starts Tomorrow
Bringing the jubbly bubbly world of indie music to the forefront on an annual basis, the annual NYC POPFEST has shed light on notable names like The Drums, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, as well as international tastemakers The Radio Dept. and The Orchids.
